Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

مكتبة منتصف الليل by محمد الضبع, Matt Haig

324 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a fantastic read. It’s a perfect life affirming dramedy that tiptoes in the fantastical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Mental illness, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Sexual content

There’s themes of generational suicide tendencies and alcoholism/drug abuse.

meganreadsonlythebest's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

riverofhorton's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was completely unexpected for me. Going into it, I knew nothing but what the blurb says and that it is/was quite popular on BookTok. What I definitely did not expect was to read this in one sitting. It does have a couple of slight issues that had me wondering what the editor was doing, but those instances thankfully don't impact on the story itself. Apart from those minor issues, I found this book to be a very enjoyable read and will be returning to it again in the future. It has an intriguing premise at its heart which I haven't personally encountered before, and provided a fascinating way to gain perspective on life. Indeed, at several points, I found myself wondering if the library is actually real, in the context of some of my own experiences.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident, Colonisation, Gore, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Cursing, Drug use, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

coleanne's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Stalking

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

half_blood_princess's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

There are a lot of philosophies in books I've read that come off as desperate. There are times that characters are sad, simply, just because they are. It was fun to have that refreshing state of life— that are times we are lonely, simply, because we are. And no amount of wanting something is going fill that in. Reading this book made me realize how much I had thought of living in other lives of mine. I realized that I just wanted to get a glimpse of them but never suffer through them the way I did with my "root life" per se. I've seen myself in this book, wanting to write stuff, broach on philosophy, have a dog— and I'm thankful that when i get those things, I won't be back in the Midnight Library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

tuhkasirius's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Suicide attempt, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Medical content, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, and Drug abuse

olive_lol's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Self harm, Body shaming, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

moabgirlie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It’s a bit of a downer but definitely makes you think differently about everything you’ve felt like you’ve done wrong in your life. seeing how your life decisions impacted the lives around you, and if you could change something in your life… what happens to the people you DIDNT affect in the new life? 
I listened to the audio, I enjoyed the narrator, I definitely sped it up to 1.4 though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Animal death

haleytaryn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

A quick read packed with insight, heartfelt tenderness and the most brilliant spark of hope. 
The energy of this book is akin to a quick comforting squeeze from a hand held. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Addiction, and Homophobia

kalagrace's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

If you have to read this book, the audiobook narrated by Carey Mulligan was the only enjoyable part of the seven hours I’ll never get back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders